[Magdalen] Clergy choice of funeral hymns

Jay Weigel jay.weigel at gmail.com
Fri Nov 11 03:18:34 UTC 2016


That was sung at my mom's funeral. We chose the other words, "Be Thou My
Vision", for Adam's as they seemed to fit better for him.

On Thu, Nov 10, 2016 at 9:57 PM, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com>
wrote:

> my two favorites are : "I sing a song of the saints of God" (first line, I
> guess)
>
> and the following which has two sets of lyrics set to the same melody but
> this lyric version is my favorite: 'Lord of All Hopefulness'
>
>
> Lord Of All Hopefulness
>
> Lord of all hopefulness, Lord of all joy,
> Whose trust, ever childlike, no cares could destroy,
> Be there at our waking, and give us, we pray,
> Your bliss in our hearts, Lord,
> At the break of the day.
>
> Lord of all eagerness, Lord of all faith,
> Whose strong hands were skilled at the plane and the lathe,
> Be there at our labours and give us, we pray,
> Your strength in our hearts, Lord,
> At the noon of the day.
>
> Lord of all kindliness, Lord of all grace,
> Your hands swift to welcome, Your arms to embrace.
> Be there at our homing, and give us, we pray,
> Your love in our hearts, Lord,
> At the eve of the day.
>
> Lord of all gentleness, Lord of all calm,
> Whose voice is contentment, whose presence is balm,
> Be there at our sleeping, and give us, we pray,
> Your peace in our hearts, Lord,
> At the end of the day.
>
>
> Lynn
>
> website: www.ichthysdesigns.com
>
> When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have not
> a single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave me."
> attributed to Erma Bombeck
> "Either Freedom for all or stop talking about Freedom at all" from a talk
> by Richard Rohr
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Ginga Wilder" <gingawilder at gmail.com>
> Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2016 6:25 PM
> To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Clergy choice of funeral hymns
>
>
> #390, Hymnal 1982 - Praise to the Lord, the Almighty, the King of creation
>>
>> Ginga
>>
>> On Thu, Nov 10, 2016 at 5:47 PM, Ian Gomersall <ian.gomersall at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Friends
>>>
>>> We asked a few clergy for their suggestions / choice of hymns for a
>>> funeral
>>>
>>> We received an interesting range of replies. Have a look at:
>>> https://stchrysostoms.wordpress.com/2016/11/10/
>>> clergy-choose-funeral-hymns/
>>>
>>>
>>> Have you a particular choice?
>>>
>>> ian
>>>
>>>
>>> *Ian Gomersall*
>>>
>>> PS We have listed a variety of Anglican / Anglo Catholic books on eBay
>>> for
>>> parish charities. We'd be so grateful if you went and had a look - and
>>> bid
>>> too :) See: http://tinyurl.com/ebaybooksatStCs
>>>
>>>


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